Mixed singles

Single, as in on paper?

Tennis: Remember Anna Kournikova? For those who don’t, she’s a Russian tennis player who is famous for everything but tennis. Our issue: we find she’s a tad delusional when it comes to her life. For years, she tried convincing herself she could play tennis and after a decade of grabbing eyeballs and headlines for her attire on the court and her partying addiction off it, she gave up on her sporting aspirations in 2003. Since then, she only participates in exhibition games, even playing one at the recent US Open. Currently, she spends her days and nights with Latin singing sensation, Enrique Iglesias, after appearing in his video – Escape – back in 2001. And after nine years of being photographed with him at most of his concerts and while travelling around the world with him, it seems that now she’s in denial about that too. At a recent photo shoot for a fashion magazine, when asked if she was single, Anna’s answer actually left many Russian nuclear scientists flummoxed. “Single, as in on paper? Yes. But I am in a relationship”. Her relationship status might still be unclear to her but we’re crystal clear on the fact that if Iglesias is indeed with Anna – it’s cetainly isn’t for her tremendous IQ.

Football: When Zlatan Ibrahimovich recently changed loyalties from Spain’s Barcelona to Italy’s AC Milan, his agent booked him two seats on the flight. One for him and another just for his mammoth ego. In fact, the only thing short about the 6 ft 4 inch striker is his temper. Jose Mourinho, his coach at Inter Milan is believed to have sold him to Barcelona despite calling him the “best striker” in the world, for this very reason. But Ibracadabra, as he’s often called, has now outdone himself. After the Swede scored two goals in his debut Champions League game for the Rossineri, another AC Milan great and former Italian Coach Arrigo Sacchi joked that the only reason he was able to score his first goal was his giant feet – a massive European size 47. Ibrahimovich, incensed that credit for his goal was given to his feet, snapped at the 64 year old, saying, “Sacchi needs to shut up. If he wants something, he can come see me about it. If you don’t like the way I play, don’t come and watch me”. Whoa, calm down Zlatan. Or it won’t be long before the only club willing to have you in its team will be Mohun Bagan.

Cricket: Finally, the Mumbai Indians came good in the ACL T20. With their backs firmly to the wall, the Sachin Tendulkar-led side needed an inspiring performance against Guyana to stay in the tournament. And they provided just that. Batting first, they raced to a commendable 184 on the back of a barbaric onslaught by Kieron Pollard that lasted 30 balls and yielded 72 runs. In reply, Guyana managed to muster a mere 154 runs as Mumbai picked up the win, and Pollard, the Man of the Match award.